Spanish Teaching Opportunities

Concorde Education; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 69,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Concorde Education is seeking independent instructional contractors to provide Spanish language enrichment services for K–12 students at partner schools. This is a potential independent contractor assignment, not an employee position.

Sessions range from 1–4 instructional hours per week after school, with compensation typically $50+ per completed hour and varies by assignment. Assignments differ by school, grade level, schedule, curriculum, student proficiency, and program objectives.

Qualifications

• 60 college credits required by assignment/site.
• Proficiency in spoken and written Spanish.
• Experience teaching, tutoring, coaching, or leading activities with school-age students.

Responsibilities

• Plan and facilitate engaging, age-appropriate Spanish language enrichment sessions.
• Introduce foundational Spanish vocabulary, pronunciation, listening, reading, and writing.
• Adapt instruction based on student age, proficiency level, site requirements, and assignment objectives.
• Encourage student participation through games, songs, storytelling, role-playing, and real-world communication exercises.
• Introduce traditions, geography, customs, holidays, music, and other cultural topics from Spanish-speaking countries.
• Maintain a safe, respectful, inclusive learning environment.
• Exercise professional judgment when selecting instructional materials and ensure content is educational, culturally respectful and age-appropriate.
• Communicate assignment-related needs or concerns with Concorde and school staff.
• Complete a brief session completion form after each scheduled session.
• Follow site safety, visitor, emergency, student-protection, and technology procedures.

Skills

Spanish language

Classroom instruction

Communication

Organization

Education

60 college credits

Tools

Language-learning platforms

Educational technology

Job description

Location: On-site at partner schools; varies by assignmentTeaching Mode: In PersonGrade Levels: Elementary, Middle, and High School; varies by assignmentSchedule: Typically 1–4 instructional service hours per week after schoolProgram Length: Commonly approximately 10 weeks per assignmentStart Dates: Opportunities become available throughout the school yearCompensation: Typical compensation of $50+ per completed instructional service hour, depending on assignment scope, experience, location, schedule, and agreed compensation

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Concorde Education is seeking independent instructional contractors to provide Spanish language enrichment services for K–12 students.This is a potential independent contractor assignment, not an employee position. Contractors may choose whether to apply for, accept, decline, or ignore available opportunities.Assignments vary by school, grade level, schedule, curriculum, student proficiency levels, available instructional resources, and program objectives.Concorde may provide curriculum guidance, lesson-plan suggestions, instructional resources, activity ideas, or program objectives. Contractors may use their professional judgment to adapt instruction within the assignment scope and applicable site requirements.

ASSIGNMENT SCOPED

• Plan and facilitate engaging, age-appropriate Spanish language enrichment sessions;
• Introduce students to foundational Spanish vocabulary, pronunciation, conversational skills, listening comprehension, reading, writing, and cultural awareness through interactive instruction;
• Adapt instruction based on student age, proficiency level, learning needs, available instructional resources, site requirements, and assignment objectives;
• Encourage student participation through games, songs, storytelling, role-playing, collaborative activities, and real-world communication exercises, where appropriate;
• Introduce students to traditions, geography, customs, holidays, music, food, and other cultural topics from Spanish-speaking countries in an age-appropriate and educational manner;
• Maintain a safe, respectful, inclusive, and age-appropriate learning environment;
• Exercise professional judgment when selecting instructional materials and ensure that all content remains educational, culturally respectful, age-appropriate, and consistent with school policies and assignment requirements;
• Communicate assignment-related needs or significant concerns with Concorde and school staff, as appropriate;
• Complete a brief session completion form after each scheduled session;
• and Follow applicable site safety, visitor, emergency, student-protection, and technology procedures.

EXAMPLE PROGRAM TOPICS

• Greetings, introductions, and everyday conversational phrases;
• Numbers, colors, days of the week, dates, and time;
• Vocabulary related to family, school, food, hobbies, animals, travel, and daily life;
• Listening comprehension and conversational practice;
• Basic sentence structure, pronunciation, and introductory grammar concepts;
• Reading and writing simple words, phrases, and short passages;
• Spanish-speaking cultures, traditions, celebrations, geography, and customs;
• and Communication, confidence, cultural appreciation, and language-learning strategies.

QUALIFICATIONS

• At least 60 college credits, where required by the applicable assignment or site;
• Proficiency in spoken and written Spanish with the ability to model accurate pronunciation and age-appropriate language instruction;
• Experience teaching, tutoring, coaching, mentoring, or leading activities with school-age students;
• Strong communication, organization, classroom facilitation, and behavior-management skills;
• Availability to provide services for the accepted assignment schedule and communicate schedule issues as soon as reasonably practicable;
• Familiarity with language-learning resources, educational technology, web-based instructional tools, or related classroom materials;

Preferred backgrounds may include Spanish teachers, world language educators, bilingual educators, native or heritage Spanish speakers, interpreters, translators, tutors, education students, language majors, and others with relevant instructional or language experience.

MATERIALS AND RESOURCES

Assignments may utilize school-provided curriculum resources, lesson plans, books, visual aids, flashcards, games, Chromebooks, web-based language-learning platforms, presentation materials, and other instructional resources where available. Contractors may use their own instructional methods and materials when appropriate, safe, age-appropriate, lawful, culturally appropriate, and consistent with the assignment scope and site requirements. Contractors are responsible for ensuring that any instructional materials, digital resources, media, or third-party content used during instruction comply with applicable copyright laws, licensing requirements, school policies, and age-appropriateness standards. Purchases requiring reimbursement must be approved in writing by Concorde before they are incurred.

COMPENSATION

Compensation varies by assignment and agreed contractor terms. Many opportunities pay $50+ per completed instructional service hour with students. Contractors may propose their desired compensation rate when applying. When proposing a rate, contractors should consider the overall assignment scope, including anticipated preparation, planning, commute, materials, schedule, and other business considerations. Concorde may accept the proposed rate, decline the application, or provide a counteroffer based on the budget for the specific assignment. Unless otherwise approved in writing, compensation is based on completed instructional service hours with students. Payment for completed services is generally made by direct deposit on the fifteenth day of the month following the month in which services were completed, unless otherwise stated in the accepted assignment terms or required by applicable law.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Concorde Education considers contractor applicants without regard to any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law and is committed to respectful, inclusive, and student-centered programming.